This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling certainty of something sinister approaching, something with no need to hurry, something that would not be so kind as to let him die. The fear was palpable, suffocating, irresistible.

Imagination can take you Places....READ

After all, as long as you know, why make when you can take?

A lie twice believed is self decieved

Jason decided not to add that the best way to get him to focus on something was to tell him not to think about it.

The society killed Kendra." ... Don't mention it to Verl. He might dive into a chasm.

She pictured herself running from a hoard of ravenous zombies on a hot day eventually collapsing from heatstroke and getting devoured. Then she imagined Hal giving a rousing eulogy at her funeral explaining how Kendra's death was a beautiful sacrifice allowing the noble zombies to live on delighting future generations by mindlessly trying to eat them. With her luck it could totally happen.